2014 Fall 5k

Winners announced

1st Place: Singularity by Willy

Judging Notes: The browser compatability and playability of this application were both flawless. The program was also technically complex, requiring a four dimensional vector class to maintain the state of each object. The addition of a beautiful 3d radar ensured this project’s first place position. We would like to see scoring and a more competitive gameplay in future apps like this.

2nd Place: Hunt by Ryan

Judging Notes: This doom style game made by first time submitter Ryan splits the screen for two live players. 3d collisions are difficult, and this project handled them perfectly. Most impressivly, this project created a PGraphics object to render the player sprites (stick man). Random map generation keeps the gameplay fresh each time. We would like to see wall textures and a mini map in future apps like this.

A tiny code game/app competition!

Welcome to the KTBYTE 5k Contest for U.S. Middle + High School Students!

5k competitions use Processing.js and Processing Java. Your application must work in both, and the application must max 5kb of code. Click on the pictures above to see past entrants.

Prizes

First prize is $300 USD

Second prize is $100 USD

Rules

All Entrants must currently be enrolled in middle or high school to enter.
Deadline is 11:59:59PM on December 31st, server timestamp (Eastern Time). It is recommended to upload it well before the deadline.
All code must be submitted as one processing.js project at or under 5kB of UTF-8 text (or 5120 ASCII characters). This includes whitespace. Use any character counter such as http://mothereff.in/byte-counter
Canvas size should be under 1000 pixels wide and 1000 pixels tall. We recommend under 800×800 for best viewing on phones.
All program code must execute both in Processing.js (latest chrome and firefox) and Processing Java (latest Processing).
All programs must be self contained (no loading data from websites, etc).
No external data files are allowed. Consequently, sprites must be stored as strings or arrays.
No external libraries may be used besides the Processing API.
Code may not be copied from the internet. If the code matches some 3rd party code on the internet by 50% or more, judges will consider it plagiarized.
Judging panel has final say on all matters (rejecting programs that act as viruses, for example).

Submissions

Submissions must be emailed to contest201412@ktbyte.com
The email should contain:
- The subject should be “SUBMISSION 2014 Fall Kapparate 5k Contest: [username]
- Your project name. The project screenshot and description should already be uploaded
- Email text must contain: Applicant Name, Address, City, State, Zipcode, Parent Name, Parent Email, Parent Phone Number, School Name, School Address, A proof of school enrollment such as a recent report card or other verifiable school document

Getting Started

Check out similar competitions such as the Java 4k competition or js1k javascript competition. You may even find the International Obfuscated C Code Contest useful for ideas on compressing code

Take a look at past projects at the showcase. Also take a look at projects done by the online community at openprocessing.org (includes college student and adults’ projects)

Judging

Judges will consider four measures when ranking projects:

The popularity of the submission according to votes (voting will begin after the submission deadline)
The technical complexity of the submission
The subjective appeal of the submission (including performance in the browser / other devices)
The uniqueness of the submission